republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-690.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); family cap."
description: "TANF; family cap. Repeals the prohibitionon increasing the amount of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families(TANF) that a family receives upon the birth of a child during theperiod of TANF eligibility or during the period in which the familyor adult recipient is ineligible for TANF benefits pursuant to apenalty imposed by the Commissioner of Social Services for failureto comply with benefit eligibility or child support requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 690"
citation: "Virginia HB 690 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/783ead41-bf0f-42b9-bf55-d1fd742a9b3a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB690"
source_hash: "4fe3cb34505af9663f27b495aaac0cc77a26443d0ec02248805c3b2ccdc52502"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 690 (2020) — Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); family cap.

TANF; family cap. Repeals the prohibitionon increasing the amount of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families(TANF) that a family receives upon the birth of a child during theperiod of TANF eligibility or during the period in which the familyor adult recipient is ineligible for TANF benefits pursuant to apenalty imposed by the Commissioner of Social Services for failureto comply with benefit eligibility or child support requirements.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0550)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB690ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB690ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB690)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB690)

## Votes

- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102462D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned HWI sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB690)
- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-01-21** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-25** Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB690ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 550 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/783ead41-bf0f-42b9-bf55-d1fd742a9b3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).